May 31, 2013 Our last day In Utah......

Today is the last day of May & our last day in Utah! Since it was "OUR" last day in Utah, the OUR also includes Otis, so whatever we chose to do today Otis was going to be part of it!!!!
We didn't have any definite plans for our last day in Utah, so after our regular morning routine, we packed our picnic lunch & drove to Hwy 191 just to see what we could see!?!
Our first stop was HOLE "N" THE ROCK  Home & gift shop! This was at one time, a real 5000 sq ft home, owned by Albert & Gladys Christensen.Now Hole N" Rock ranks high in America's uncommon roadside attractions! You could pay & tour the 14 room house, we did not!  ($$$)

but we did walk the grounds & check out some of the "cool stuff" they had on display!

More cool stuff!

                this cactus was made from 881 BOWLING BALLS!!!!

We were told that the day before our visit to Hole N" The Rock, the tourist attraction was closed to the public, open only to a film crew that was filming a segment of the latest Transformers movie!?! Okay....moving on!
A short distance up the road we came upon Wilson Arch, can you see why we liked Utah so much???

Driving further down the road we came upon a real historical sight! Newspaper Rock called this because it is covered with petroglyphs left behind by Indians!

Eventually we found ourselves back at Canyonland National Park,

this time the southeast corner of the park & smaller, called The Needles. Only thing was.....NO dogs, but being a smaller park, 6.5 mile drive,
we were able to view the formations from our car. Like this one, guess the name of this formation?

Did anyone guess Wooden Shoe Arch????

When we were ready for lunch, once again tables are limited. This time another couple offered to share the picnic table with us!

                        the other couple was from Crafordville, Ind. &         
guess how they were traveling!?!
          We better check out the rest of the scenery before it's time to leave.......

                                     the scenery never ends

                       but we do have to get back to the RV, darn!!!!
After dinner we took Otis for his last evening walk in Utah, I think even Otis is sad to leave!?!

We have thoroughly enjoyed Utah. Everything was sooooooo beautiful. From the highest mountains

to the beautiful desert flowers....

I have sooooooo many pictures of Utah in my camera, but even more in my "Memory Bank"!  I definitely want to come back to Utah again!!!!

Tomorrow we start a new state, a new adventure!